Corporal punishment and early childhood development in 49 low-and middle-income countries

J Cuartas - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To systematically assess the association between corporal punishment and young
children's development in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Method Data for 69 …

Physical punishment, physical abuse, and child behavior problems in South Korea

J Ma, Y Han, HR Kang - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Prior literature has demonstrated the associations of parental physical
punishment with child behavior problems and increased risk of physical abuse. In South …

The effect of spanking on early social‐emotional skills

J Cuartas - Child development, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Whether spanking is detrimental for social‐emotional (SE) development remains
controversial, mostly due to disputes around the internal and external validity of existing …

[HTML][HTML] Gender inequality in low-and middle-income countries: associations with parental physical abuse and moderation by child gender

J Ma, AC Grogan-Kaylor, SJ Lee, KP Ward… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gender inequality perpetuates women's economic insecurity and a culture of violence.
Parental distress caused by economic pressure may increase violence against children …

The association between spanking and physical abuse of young children in 56 low-and middle-income countries

J Ma, AC Grogan-Kaylor, GT Pace, KP Ward… - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Nearly one third of children under five in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) experience spanking. Studies from North America suggest that spanking is …

[HTML][HTML] Family correlates of emotional and behavioral problems in Nepali school children

J Ma, P Mahat, PH Brøndbo, BH Handegård… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background There is a substantial gap in our knowledge about family correlates of child
emotional and behavioral problems in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). The …

Comparing attachment across cultures, child gender, age, and parental gender: Vietnamese versus Belgian adolescents' self-reported attachment anxiety and …

BT Vu, M Van Heel, C Finet, B Cuyvers… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
The short form of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale–Revised Child version
(ECR-RC) is a promising self-report measure of anxious and avoidant attachment in …

Household economic hardship as a moderator of the associations between maternal spanking and child externalizing behavior problems

SJ Lee, GT Pace, KP Ward, A Grogan-Kaylor, J Ma - Child abuse & neglect, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Spanking is associated with detrimental outcomes for young children. Research
shows that spanking is more commonly used in low-income households. Objective To …

Patterns of caregiver aggressive and nonaggressive discipline toward young children in low-and middle-income countries: A latent class approach

KP Ward, SJ Lee, AC Grogan-Kaylor, J Ma… - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Caregivers use a variety of disciplinary methods to respond to undesired child
behavior. Many caregivers use nonaggressive forms of discipline, such as verbal reasoning …

Estimating the association between spanking and early childhood development using between-and within-child analyses.

J Cuartas - Psychology of Violence, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Most research establishing the association between spanking and child
development has used cross-sectional data and correlational methods in high-income …